Bypassing Obesity

Gastric bypass surgery is not simply a physical procedure — it is a restructuring of the relationship between a person and food, hunger, and identity that continues long after the operating room. The writers in this volume describe that restructuring honestly, from the months before surgery to the years that followed.

Inside this volume

Fifty accounts trace the path to gastric bypass: the years of attempts before it, the evaluation process, the surgery and its immediate aftermath, and the ongoing adjustments to eating, supplementation, and body image. Writers are candid about complications, about the emotional dimensions of rapid change, and about the new challenges that arrived alongside the gains.

Who it's for

For those considering gastric bypass surgery, those who have recently had it, and the family members who want to understand what the experience actually involves beyond the before-and-after narrative.

Format · Instant download · PDF & EPUB · Fifty first-person accounts

A collection of personal testimony, offered as companion reading — not medical advice.

• 50 single-author testimonies from real people
• A short, plain-language introduction to the topic
• Editor's note, contents page, and curated resource list
• Professional interior typesetting and an original cover

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